Wichita eagle., 1887-05-26
A REPLY.
To the Editor Of the EaglI

ture reared upon the crumbling ruins OF
the feudal ages when might made right
lies before me, that there are innumerablt
instances of helplessness of mind, and alb
solute dependence upon tradition among
men as an undeniable fact, but that this
man who has attained at least locally
reputation for possessing keen forensic ability
nd logical conclusive argument should dig
pit -fall for himself and helplessly founder
In its depths is surprising. He says: 81
shall endeavor to treat this subject i. e
woman suffrage, in strictly judicial as
pect." Let us follow this Kansas Scion
He asked, 'what are the purposes OF civi
government? simply plan of government
intended to secure the widest possible diff
fusion of civil or political rights among thu
body Of citizens, accompanied by guarantee
of the protection of life, the preservation o.
liberty land the security ofproperty." From
Mr.. Ingalls, own definition of civil govern
ment sixteenth amendment is necessity
| for our government does not secure or con
cede civil or political rights to twenty one
millions of its taxpaying citizens. 1t does
not place in our hands that weapon OF de
Tense for life. liberty and property found
in political equality or universal franchise
which it bestows upon anarchial, socialistIc,
pauperized male foreigners within few
months after being dumped upon Amerl-
can shores So much for Senator Ingalls,
grandiloquent judicial definition of the
imposes of civil government" He says:
''To every laboring man should be allowed
re asonable wages for voluntary work. "
Oh, most wise Scion! Most righteous and
just Judge, what dost thou say about the
wages of working women? who look to the
representative men of our country for the
enactment of laws that will ameliorate
their condition, They look with wan
white faces from the crowded mills and
factories Of the east with poverty pinched
f aces, from the slave-shops Of the great
cities where but enough wages is paid
them to keep body and soul together.
They look with brazen visages from the
vile tenement houses, the reeking cellars,
the dens of vice, the haunts of iniquity
where your theory of might makes
right" has driven them. Could these
hordes of women slaves to corporations
come to you or to their representative and
say 1--WE represent $4,000 votes, we
wish you to pass law fixing the
number of hours we are compelled to work,
fixing the amount of wages which shall be
paid us" you would not dare jeer at them
as you do now; you would find the ballot
a power in their hands as well as it is in
the hands of their fellow-men. Again
1.-The means of knowledge should be as
wide as he desire to know. Does the &C
c ident of sex estrict this desire for know
ledge? If not, then do your own words
confute and convict you. "The opportuni-
ty for happiness shoul>SS be commensurate
with the capacity to enjoy. Does the acct
dent for sex restrict the capaci.v Tor ENJOY
ment? Be that enjoyment fount.. IN the
pursuit of politics, which Webster d. >unes
as the science of government? if not, tn, y
arain do your own words confute and con-
vict you.
Government does not depend upon the
consent of the governed" why IS IL
that the citizens of Abilene submit to
grand and petty larceny. known as taxa
tom" 1t is he says, because the United States
stand ready to enforce the law" and let me
ask the honorable gentleman did not Eng
land stand ready to enforce the law when
our colonial fathers .rno,,o5 ,.
'S'H' "'. Jack of representation? we
women rebel with equal reason. The male
citizens of Abilene or the United States
would rebel were they compelled, as we
are to submit to this infamous system OF
robbery known as taxation without repre-
seutation. Do you wonder we rebel, OF
had you in your manly independence LOST
sight of this judicial aspect of the at
fair? I'm this government none should he
allowed to participate either In tbs. enact
ment of laws or the formatin-, of legislation
, who cannot entrr..ce their action at tn
point Of the bayonet if necessary. III
fallacy of this argument is apparent d
turning to statistics we find that one hal
the male population of the United State
is unfit. although taking an active pal
in the enactment Of laws and ID
form alton of legislation to enforce their az
ton at 1.-THE point of the bayonet. ON
half the male population of this country
unfit for military service. Does the baIl'
mean the bullet with the lame, the blln'
the halt. the drunkards; the idiots OF you
sex? Can they enforce their action at Il
point of the bayonet if necessary "a
they defend the nation in its hour of tria
: Have you taken the stump to deprive the
of the right of franchise? You dare nc
, you have not forgotten the Boston I
party" Physical force should govern
WHY. senator, Judging from the portra
and brief sketch of your physical callh
that appeared in the EAGLE a short time as
= there are hundreds of brawny Scotch W
men, hundreds of sturdy Dutchwomen, hu
- dreds of splendid Irishwomen in this cou
rhoSa nbvsical force so far exceeds yOt